{"id":39484,"date":"2025-02-12T12:47:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T20:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=39484"},"modified":"2025-02-12T12:49:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T20:49:46","slug":"well-never-run-out-of-avocado-toast-danes-launch-petition-to-buy-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/02\/12\/well-never-run-out-of-avocado-toast-danes-launch-petition-to-buy-california\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We\u2019ll never run out of avocado toast\u2019: Danes launch petition to buy California"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By\u00a0Jordan Parker<\/a>, Breaking News Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Updated\u00a0Feb 11, 2025 (SFChronicle.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A woman with Danish flags in her hair. Danes have started a crowdfund to buy California, a jab at President Donald Trump for talking about taking over Greenland.Greg Wood\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Over 200,000 people are supporting a comedic petition made by Danes to buy California from the U.S., in what appeared to be a jab at President Donald Trump\u2019s repeated threats<\/a> to seize Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHave you ever looked at a map and thought, \u2018You know what Denmark needs? More sunshine, palm trees, and roller skates,\u2019\u201d said the petition\u2019s page<\/a>. \u201cWell, we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make that dream a reality. Let\u2019s buy California from Donald Trump! Yes, you heard that right. California could be ours, and we need your help to make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The petition joked that \u201cwe\u2019ll never run out of avocado toast,\u201d referencing California\u2019s avocado production. The page even floated the idea of renaming Disneyland after famed Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal is to raise $1 trillion in support of the longshot effort, according to the petition\u2019s page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll bring hygge to Hollywood, bike lanes to Beverly Hills, and organic sm\u00f8rrebr\u00f8d to every street corner,\u201d the fundraiser\u2019s page said. \u201cRule of law, universal health care and fact based politics might apply.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since being reelected president, Trump has continued to take interest in purchasing Greenland. \u201cI don\u2019t really know what claim Denmark has to it, but it would be a very unfriendly act if they didn\u2019t allow that to happen because it\u2019s for the protection of the free world,\u201d Trump told the BBC and other reporters last month<\/a>. \u201cI think Greenland we\u2019ll get because it has to do with freedom of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday, Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, announced that he had introduced a bill<\/a> to authorize the purchase of Greenland and rename it \u201cRed, White, and Blueland.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today in the House of Representatives:<\/strong>

Rep. Buddy Carter has a new bill to rename Greenland “Red, White, and Blueland.” pic.twitter.com\/dIMEOMCT7w<\/a>\u2014 Emily Brooks (@emilybrooksnews) February 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reach Jordan Parker: Jordan.Parker@sfchronicle.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feb 10, 2025|Updated Feb 11, 2025 9:51 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Jordan Parker<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BREAKING NEWS REPORTER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jordan Parker is a breaking news reporter for The San Francisco Chronicle. He graduated from Sacramento State University in May 2022 with a degree in journalism. During his time there, he spent three years as a reporter and editor for the university’s award-winning student newspaper, The State Hornet. He spent his senior year of college serving as The Hornet’s first Black editor in chief, leading the organization to two Pacemaker awards and several other national honors from the Associated Collegiate Press. When he’s not chasing down a story, he likes watching movies, traveling and trying new restaurants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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